Sectional display container



Oct. 18, 1932. A. F. SOBEN SECTIONAL DISPLAY CONTAINER Original FiledMay 10, 1929 al ke mug UN TE" T TE I ADOLPH is. SOBEN, OF'LOSPATENTQOFFICEI l ANGELES, CALIFORNI A ASSIGNOB 'i'o 'HENRY- n. DAVIS, ornosnnonnns, cnnrQRmnn e snc'rronnr. n rsrmnr con'rhmm Application meana10, was, Serial. no. 351,909. Renewed January 4,1982;

My invention relates to containers, and

more particularly to those containers that are adapted to be sealedunder vacuum 'conditions, and then unsealed, one portion of saidcontainer, when unsealed, being adapted to functionas a cover, the otherportion of said container housing commodities, such, as candy, candybars, and'the like, or other i displaydevi'ce; I

, Asl'it well known, candy, candy bars, and

materials, being adapted. to function asfa a the like, soon deterioratein quality when'exposed to themoisture in'the 'air, and this isespecially so whenishipped, as, for example, 11 when used on war ships,liners, or other vessels. Moreover, fvvhen such" commodities are shippedin cans they are frequently crushed, due to rough usage; Again, the cansmay not be effectively sealed, with the result that in moisturepenetrates said cans, resulting .in the spoilingof the materials'housedtherein. By the use of my invention allthese ob} jectionable featuresare effectively" eliminated. a n j at It accordingly is an object of'myinvention to provide a novel form-of container, preferably composed ofupperan'd lower sec-- tions,for1ning a closure, temporarily sealedtogether under vacuumfconditions, which seal is adapted to be removed,whereupon the upper section functionsas a cover, said container havingan inner shell, open at the top, andpermanently secured at'its bottom tosaid closure, and spaced therefrom," to

provide for a moisture receiving space, which, even when said 'sealhasbeen removed,

will Y efiectively: prevent the moisture from;

reaching the materials 'in' said inner shell, which space also functionsto prevent the containerffrom being crushed,- and-also prevents-mutilation of the display wrapper en'- veloping or' on-said inner,shell.

The above, and further ob ects and ad-' vantages of my invention,as willhereinafter more-fully appear,l attain byithe construction described inthe i specification,v and illustrated on thedrawing forming a part ofvmy application. Y Reference is had to i the accompanying drawing, inwhich similar reference characters denote' similar parts. In thedrawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my container, sealed and ready forshipping. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view, taken on the'line 2-2, Fig.1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary section-- al view, taken on theline 3-,3,'Fig. 2, s r Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the containerafteritfhasbeen unsealed andthe upper section or cover removed, showingthe materials housed therein, saidx'portion functioning as a' displaydevice;

Fig. 5 is a similar view tion orcover, r i

Fig. 6 is a crosssectional view, taken on the line 66, Fig.2, and 1 Iliigh-T is a perspective view of a modified formofcontainer.

Describ'ng my invention more in detail,

it is my objecttoprovide a sectional container sealed undervacuumconditions, which seal isadapted' to be removed, so that one ofsaid' ofthe secsections will function as a cover for an inner shell, permanentlysecured at its bottom to the outer shell or closure, said inner shellbeing open topped, and of substantially smaller length and volume,"a'ndspaced from said closure, to provide a moisture receiving space, toprevent said'contamer frombeing crushed Morespecifically, my inventioncomprises a container, designatedgenerally by the reference numeral 2,which containeris adapted 3 to bear-'the' usuaIadvertising wrapper, or

label, and is preferably composed of an outer.

shell or closure having an upper section 4, and alower section 6, sealedtogether under vac uum conditions by the seal 8, which in practice maybe of conventional orother form," and is adapted to be removed by any'means desired, andwhen so'removed, said upper,

section forms a cover adapted to exclude dust, flies, and the like, fromthe lower section,

whichis also adapted'to function as a display device. See Figs. 4 and 5.

Positioned within the outer shell or closure, is an inner shell orcompartment 10, which is open topped, and of substantially smallerlengthand volume, and is offset at itslower end, as at 12, to provide a spacelet thereabout, which space functions to prevent the container frombeing crushed in shipping,

or when roughlyhandled, and also'as amoi's' ture receiving space, topreventsaid molsture reaching the materials 16 housedin said inner shellor compartment, 'even'when-said' container has been opened. Said spacealso effectively prevents the advertising Wrapper or label on said innershellfrom being mu-. tilated. If desired, theupper end ofthe .inner.shell 10 may be provided with a curled end or flare 18, to facilitatethe reception ofthe upper section or cover 4, and also to preventmutilation of the displayjwrapperor label when said cover isput on orremoved.

As seen more. particularlyin Fig; 3, the innenshell or: compartment 10,,hasit's bottom outwardly fiaredasatQO, andthe lower sec,- tion 61ofthel tershell orclosure is also out: W -id y. flared as t,.22,jthebottom-24: of, said outer shell being curled overjthe, said .two flaresas at 26, to effectively secure 'thegin'n'er shell or compartment to thelower section, oi t p ershell 'or;c1osur.e..:,- s It will, of course, be,understoodthat? the container may house any material in practicepreferred, and that said container maypbe constructed; ofany desiredmateria'ljlor beiof any; desired shape or configuration.j.Such an"alternative form is .dQPlQtQdiIkFig. 7,;where. in the container isofsquare or rectangular form. v 1 4. 5-11. 1 I. While .Ighavei thusdescribed my invention with great particularity, itiwilhbejcleiar thatit susceptible of a [wide variation :in com st'ruction, 1 I accordinglydo not proposefto-be limited to, the exact details of construction shownand described,- but reserve-the right to makejany and allmodificationsthat fall with-. in the scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim as my invention:

1.-A container comprising an, outer sectional closure, adiametrically-smallercome partment within said closureyand provided withtop and bottom outwardlyzdirected flares, abottom plate unitingthe-@lower'section of said .outer closure and the: bottom flareof saidsmallerfioinpartment and a ,re-, movable seal conj Q ning the sectionsof said Qut su e. 2. A container-adaptedito .be-exhaustejd 10faircomprising a two part closure,--an open topped chamberwithinandspace'd from said closure, the; bottom ofsaid} chamber flaringoutwardly, aibottom plate uniting th e lower section ofsaid outerclosureand the flaring portion of 7 said chamber, and means removab y 00 ioining se n of saidcouter closure, the upper section of said outerclosure, when disjoined from the lower section forming a cover for saidchamber.

3. A container comprising a two part closure, a chamber within saidclosure provided with outwardly flaring top and bottom portions, spacingthe chamberfrom said closure,

a bottom plate conjoining the outwardly flaring bottom portion of thechamber with one part ofisaid closure, anda removable seal Leonoiningthe parts of said closure.

7 fl. Acontainer comprising a sectional closure, a-cornpartment withinsaid closure and being of less. longitudinal extent and diametr'ically'smaller 'thansaid' closure, a bottom plate conj oining the bottom ofsaid compar tmentf and one ofthe sections of said closure, and aremovable seal uniting.the

sections of said. closure, the upper section of said closure whendisjoined from the lower section forming a cover for said compartment, Q1 Y 5.: Acontainer comprising, a sectional clo.

sure, a compartment within and spaced from said closure,the bottom ofsaid compartment provided with an outwardly directedvflange,

a bottom plate combining onesecti on oflsaid closure'and the flange ofsaid compartment, saidf compartment provided. at the top with anoutwardly vdir ectedflare arranged for contact with said closure toreinforce same, anda removable sealiconj'oinin'g the sections of j saidclosure.

A container-comprising an outer shell and an inner'shell securedtogether at "their bottoms, 'said'inner shell beingfofsubstan tiallysinaller length and volume than said outer shell, a substantial"portion. of said inner'shell being spaced from said outer shen toprevent said container from being crushed in;shil pi gl,l l I f 7 Icontainer comprising ,a removable outer shell and an inner shell'secu'red together at theirIbottoms',Isaid inner shell being spaced fromsaid outer shell, 2. display wrapper on" said inner-"shell, and means"on the upper end, of said inner shell to preventsaid wrapper .from beingmutilated when said outer shellis removed and functions-"as a cover forsaid inner shell. f I I "8. A display container comprising an outer openended structure with outwardly flared ends, an inner'open ended:structure, al'so 'having flared ends,fa bottom for both" ofsaid'structures having its outer periphery crimpedabout the lower'ends ofeach of said structures, "and atop crimped about the' upper flaredend'of said outer structure. 9. A' display container comprising asectional outer section, an inner section-of sub stantially less lengththan said outersection, said inner-section having an inwardly off-set.wall, a closure for-the top of said container and a closure for thebottom of saidcon-= tainer, said inner." section .havingits -.low er endpermanently secured to said outer'section, said outer section having oneof its sections adapted to be unsealed whereby said off-set Wall willreceive the upper part of said outer section as a cover.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification;

ADQLPH' F. SOBEN.

